Approximately 62% of Utahns are reported to be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or LDS (Mormons), which greatly influences Utah culture and daily life. The world headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is located in Utah's state capital, Salt Lake City. Utah is the most religiously homogeneous state in the United States, the only state with a Mormon majority, and the only state with a majority population belonging to a single church.

Approximately 62% of Utahns are reported to be members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints or LDS (Mormons), which greatly influences Utah culture and daily life. The world headquarters of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) is located in Utah's state capital, Salt Lake City. Utah is the most religiously homogeneous state in the United States, the only state with a Mormon majority, and the only state with a majority population belonging to a single church.

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The SITLA auction came shortly after the state treasurer announced in September that Utah schools will receive a record $82.66 million in 2019, with 10 percent going to K-12 schools and the rest distributed on a per-pupil basis ... Listed below are the Southern Utahland parcels sold during the auction....

As southern Utah’s scenic lands become more valuable, SITLA has increasingly looked beyond grazing on its holdings that are rich in beauty ... More than 90 percent of Utah’s 3 million acres of trust lands are grazed — just as the state’s public lands outside of national parks are available for grazing....

SALT LAKE CITY — Groups are praising the deferral of more than 1 million acres of land for potential oil and gas development in five Western states, including Utah. The Bureau of LandManagement acreage, which had been on the table for a December auction, involves greater sage grouse habitat....

GEORGE — The Bureau of LandManagementauctioned off over 200,000 acres of public lands in Utah for fossil fuel development in a lease sale earlier this month ... untouched lands across Utah. Environmentalists will continue to oppose efforts to sell Utah’s public lands, he said....

The Bureau of LandManagement’s Utah office is planning on auctioning off more than a half-million acres of land for oil and gas leasing, showing how the Trump administration’s vision of an American “energy dominance” is beginning to take shape ... -> A clause in the UtahConstitution could be the undoing of the inland port....

The Bureau of LandManagement posted a 77-page report online that included unique identifiers for priceless artifacts as it prepared to auction the most archaeologically rich lands ever offered for industrial use ... These two responsibilities collided in the March 20 auction of lands in Utah....

Utah trust lands officials will auction a 391-acre piece of Comb Ridge at its Oct. 19auction in Salt Lake City. This parcel, pictured here, west of Bluff is among 12 state-owned properties on tap for a sale that has drawn criticism from sportsmen and conservationists who say these lands should remain public."...

The court action takes aim at eight BLM lease sales in five states, including two in Utah, that the environmental groups say invites drilling in lands the Department of Interior has previously designated as “priority” sage grouse habitat ... Up for auction are 76 parcels covering ......